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Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncertainty

CQ Budget, Episode No. 306

House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith, center, faces blowback on his bipartisan tax package.
House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith, center, faces blowback on his bipartisan tax package. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 1:56pm

Top appropriators reached a deal on fiscal 2024 spending allocations, while a bipartisan tax package faces backlash. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly assess the state of play on appropriations, taxes and the Senate’s war funding and border security package.

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